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East Stour

East Stour’s literary connections are not with Dorset’s omnipresent Thomas Hardy but with the man who has been dubbed ‘Father of the Novel’, Henry Fielding. When he was 3 years old, Fielding’s family moved to the Manor House here which stood close to the church. Fielding spent most of his childhood in the village before leaving to study at Eton and Leyden. He then spent a few years in London writing plays before returning to East Stour in 1734 with his new young wife, Charlotte Cradock, who provided the model for Sophia Western in his most successful novel, Tom Jones. By the time that book was published in 1749, Charlotte was dead, Fielding was seriously ill and he was to die just five years later while visiting Lisbon in an attempt to recover his health.

Available Guidebooks for this region:

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The Hidden Places of Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

This guidebook offers the reader places to stay, eat and drink as well as interesting places to visit and many main heritage sites. You can read more here.

The Hidden Places of England

This national guidebook covers every county in England offering places to stay, visit, eat and drink as well as places to visit. You can read more here.

The Country Living Guide to the West Country

This guidebook covers Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset offering places to stay, visit, eat and drink as well as places to shop. You can read more here.

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